Support Wikipedia Reflections of Art: May 2012

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro

This loosely translates to : Let it be, friends. Means: Ah fk.. just let it be...
I saw this movie today after ages! So happy that it is now easily available on DVD through Flipkart.
Albert Pinto ko gussa kyon aata hai (from N. Shah's earlier movie) referenced in a ridiculous scene and of course the end where Shah Jahan enters a Mahabharat play. "Say Sorry"
Aaaahhh... I'm laughing while typing this out :)
Satish Shah, Om Puri, the late Ravi Baswani, Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapoor dole out amazing performances.
Can't believe that this movie is almost 30 years old now. Timeless. Classic. Cult.
Sure, it's not a fantastic movie in the cinematic sense, but it's a movie that oozes of India; the India that was and still is.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Dosar

I love human relations. The movie kept things vague and kept one engrossed with the questions or comments: "What is she going to do/ say? How is he going to respond? Why is this woman suffering an abusive husband? Who was Mita? Yeah sure, now he wants her back... Who are these two? Yeah, the prostitute makes sense... I think."
Wonderful symbolism and art meshed with a good story. Don't know why he did a B/W film, but read somewhere that he did it just for kicks...
"Here's the pack of condoms; my wife won't need it. Your husband might." Ghosh seems to do a wonderful job with personalities and close-ups. Aaaah... Bengali movies...

The Avengers

I grin and rub my hands together with glee. "Doth thy mother know thou weareth her drapes?" Ha!!!!
The Avengers... OMG... This was such a fun fun movie. Gosh, loved it. Sure there were inconsistencies but oooh laaaa laaaa... love the fun!!!! Bruce Banner was cast brilliantly with Mark Ruffalo. Iron Man rocks and RDJ is perfect :). Scarlett J in red hair :D. Thor!!! Captain America was so so... I guess the Americans would like him more than the rest of the world. Oh but they made the movie so so cool!!! I am young again!!!!
Good usage of 2.5 hours. Quite a bit of work seems to have gone into production - believe the 3D was actually shot/ created really well for a change. The Hulk was awesome!!!!
Oh and yes, don't know why it released here before it did in the US.